Multi Media Discussion
tomierna
(Admin)
– December 07, 2007 09:41PM
Film, TV, video DVD, DV, Flash. Put the Multi to use here, folks.
Tony Leggett
(Moderator)
– December 30, 2010 10:09PM
I've always liked Geoffrey Rush.
ddt
– January 01, 2011 09:05AM
Alan Lehman
– January 03, 2011 06:17PM
Have I mentioned
the Aristocrats before? It's kind of a meta documentary on comedy and it's very profane and very very funny. I've watched it once drunk and once sober in the last weeks and it held up well both times.
Tony Leggett
(Moderator)
– January 03, 2011 07:54PM
Ah, the Chaser does a parody of that with
Alexander Downer
El Jeffe
– January 04, 2011 12:45AM
What a journey.
ddt
– January 21, 2011 07:57AM
Recommendations for watching when you have down time (or, of course, in place of work or studying):
The Middleman (funny! actually from ABC Family, but full of nerd references, snark, and surprisingly many references to sex)
The Tripods ('80s British adaptation of the White Mountains young adult SF books by John Christopher. Decent SF w/ non-cheesy production values)
James May's Toy Stories
The White Ribbon (movie)
The Red Riding Trilogy (movie)
The Dick van Dyke Show DVD set
... all are available from your usual Bay of People who Go Arrh, Matey.
ddt
John Willoughby
– January 21, 2011 08:12AM
Homo Sapiens Sedentarius
>The Tripods ('80s British adaptation of the White Mountains young adult SF books by John Christopher. Decent SF w/ non-cheesy production values)
I loved those books. They always felt like I discovered them, since nobody I talked to had ever heard of them.
Tony Leggett
(Moderator)
– January 21, 2011 02:13PM
>James May's Toy Stories
Those were pretty cool. I also liked Richard Hammond's Engineering Miracles
tliet
– January 22, 2011 08:28PM
El Jeffe
– January 23, 2011 03:01AM
What a journey.
I watched Oz and James May last year. Beer run thingy.
Oz and that spittoon. yuck.
Boys and I are counting down to Top Gear UK today.... 7 more hours until it airs.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/23/2011 03:02AM by El Jeffe.
ddt
– January 23, 2011 09:54AM
Oooh, thanks for the heads-up, Bill! I hope they'll look at some of the actually interesting new US cars coming up (from Ford and GM, of all companies!).
ddt
El Jeffe
– January 23, 2011 11:18AM
What a journey.
It should be done, I think. Now to wait for torrs or iPlayer to bring it on.
tliet
– January 23, 2011 11:37AM
Just finished watching it about half an hour ago. Interesting race between a VW Beetle and a Porsche 911. ;-)
Edit; Daniel, you should know that they can only trash talk US cars. "They're only good for roads with no bends in them..."
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/23/2011 11:38AM by tliet.
ddt
– January 23, 2011 12:26PM
Thought they really liked the Ford Fiesta?
ddt
tliet
– January 23, 2011 03:19PM
Yes, but though the brand is American, the model is most definitely a European one. According to the
Wikipedia article it was adapted for the US market, making it the first Fiesta for the US since the 1980s.
Truth be told, size and suspension (plus mileage) are really the main reasons why US cars don't really take off overhere. And I suspect the other way around.
El Jeffe
– January 23, 2011 04:22PM
What a journey.
Ford F-150 best selling vehicle here for like 20 years. Does even one single person in Europe use a Ford F-150 as their daily driver?
And that is tiny driving when you are in Texas where I think every house must own a Chevy Suburban. I remember being behind three suburbans in a row in Texas once. As I pointed out to my wife, we were in the smallest car today in the parking lot. All minivans, SUVs and Trucks.
Tony Leggett
(Moderator)
– January 23, 2011 05:35PM
>All minivans, SUVs and Trucks.
When fuel prices go through the roof - there'll be a lot less of those...
bahamut
– January 23, 2011 06:36PM
It's a big divide in this country. Where we live there are minivans and SUVs to be sure (few trucks that aren't used for work), but the daily driver of choice around here is a BMW 5 series.
Tony Leggett
(Moderator)
– January 23, 2011 08:33PM
I'll be happier when (for ONE PERSON COMMUTING TO WORK FOR GODS SAKE!!!) it's in
one of these babies...
I mean, how often do you carry a pile of lumber or over a tonne of cargo to warrant driving an F-150 to work???
And if you get the GTI version, you'll cream most american "muscle cars" even in a straight line - ten times so if it it involves steering/curves/etc...
Yes, I know, it's supporting "ze Germans" - but really, it's what they're good at. And sorry, american cars=Fail
I think I'm in the wrong thread for this...
El Jeffe
– January 24, 2011 12:42AM
What a journey.
Many people drive a truck not just to work, but as their only/primary vehicle. To everywhere.
I had an F-150 at one time too. Not my only truck, either, over the years.
